Example sentences of "was [art] [pron] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was but a short step from there to the deduction that the woman was the one they had been ordered to look out for , and the guard shouldered the door aside , bounding inwards . |
| 2 | The next high tide , twelve hours after this one , was the one they had to be afraid of . |
| 3 | Tonight , Marc 's family said the verdict was the one they 'd hoped for . |
| 4 | He has no relatives , you know : I was the one they called on to identify him . |
| 5 | In New Brighton And in Sefton , though , the left 'un Was the one they favoured more . |
| 6 | The only path for them to follow was the one they forged themselves . |
| 7 | mother who was the one they inherited |
| 8 | Er er er trying to think what was the one we had ? |
| 9 | oh that was the one we looked at |
| 10 | But we nearly fainted when we asked which cottage — it was the one we 'd just moved out of ! — |
| 11 | The first was the one we have just described , in which the path of the cutting tool is analysed by a technician from inspection of the engineering drawing , described in formal mathematical language , and recorded on punched tape . |
| 12 | Among them was the one she had seen on the Jonquil . |
| 13 | It was the one she had been rehearsing for all her life — that of martyr . |
| 14 | The one awaiting her at the château was far more public , and that was the one she had to face head-on . |
| 15 | She bought another of her uncle 's books , but she bought , also , Professor Vaughan 's ; and his was the one she began to read , in the train to a modest concert engagement in Sussex . |
| 16 | It was the one she breathed . ’ |
| 17 | Like Ari , she had no difficulty accepting the idea Tammuz had once been Ewan , but there was no way she could really feel this odd , crazed man was the one she 'd loved before . |
| 18 | And it was interesting that his car was the one she 'd envisaged , but what did that mean ? |
| 19 | Nahum was the one she aimed to please . |
| 20 | The only brush she possessed was the one she used for her make-up , and the only pencil the one she had found lying about on the sideboard . |
| 21 | Was the one you went to Building Materials Centre , ? |
| 22 | ‘ You remember Master , she was the one you followed round like a lapdog at that Press Party last month . ’ |
| 23 | Was the one you mentioned who was ill one of them ? |
| 24 | You said that was the one you polished again for me . |
| 25 | Flexibility , oh that was the one you gave me , yes . |
| 26 | He was the one I felt most sorry for in this caper to date . |
| 27 | No he he just left it that was the one I took out and cut he got it mm mm mm mm lovely boy is n't it funny that I see |
| 28 | Kathleen Woodward 's mother of the 1890s was the one I knew : mothers were people who told you how long they were in labour with you , how much you hurt , how hard it was to have you ( " twenty hours with you , " my mother frequently reminded me ) and who told you to accept the impossible contradiction of being both desired and being a burden , and not to complain . |
| 29 | As soon as I saw the file , I knew it was the one I had stolen from Joe , and I knew that this man knew my convict . |
| 30 | That was the one I had . |